Artist paints Taylor Swift on giant Halloween pumpkin

Ohio-based Jeanette Paras has made a giant model of Taylor Swift using a giant pumpkin.

It's called the 'Taylor Swiftkin'. It took ten hours to paint and weighs 399lb (181kg).

Paras has been making celebrity models out of pumpkins for Halloween for the past 30 years.

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